Sophie Lee (b.1987) is a British
artist based in Manchester. Working predominantly with photography and video,
Lee builds fractured narratives through the construction of place, character
and action, while examining frameworks that have the potential to support or
confine the shaping of our identities.

Investigating the idea of
institution, social structures and the roles we assume within them. Her work
considers themes of domesticity, education and ritual. Finding the mythical in
the everyday, Lee creates temporary sculpture and performance, often installed
and performed only for the camera, depicting the awkward fragility of objects
or subjects in a state of flux.

Lee’s work has been exhibited in the UK and
Europe, including her solo exhibition Any Structured Pattern at Progr, Bern,
Switzerland (2014), group shows with OutsiderXchanges; BALTIC, Gateshead (2016)
and The Manchester Contemporary (2016), Loose Space, Vienna, Austria (2015)
and at SIM House Reykjavik (2015). Lee has undertaken artist residencies in
Finland, Iceland and the UK.

Having been awarded Arts council England
Grants for the Arts funding for her current project Make Place, Lee is
currently developing her research in to the domestic space, as part of her
exploration of the home as stage, shelter and self. Lee will exhibit new work
at ArtWork Atelier, Salford, from 30 March – 9 April 2017.